The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) excluding Seneca and Manilius Introduced and Annotated by F. J. Van Beeck |
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The Choice of his Mistris.
I would not have a VVench with such a VVasteAs might be well with a Thumb-Ring embrac'd;
VVhose bony Hips, which out on both sides stick,
Might serve for Graters, and whose lean Knees prick;
One, which a saw does in her back-Bone bear,
And in her Rump below carries a Spear.
Nor would I have her yet of Bulk so grosse
That weigh'd should break the Scales at th'market-cross;
A meer unfathom'd lump of Grease; no, that
Like they that will; 'tis Flesh I love, not Fat.
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